Months after having their babies, some parents are still waiting to receive benefits from Canada’s employment insurance program, which has been overloaded during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s been a complete financial change and strain for us,” said Alanna Los of Brandon, Man., who had her second child July 1. “I’ve been literally on the phone every day […]
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Despite the U.S. having the world’s highest number of COVID-19 cases, Canadian snowbird Elizabeth Evans is determined to head south next month. That’s because her only winter home is parked at an RV resort in Williston, Florida. “I don’t have a [winter] home here,” said Evans, who’s currently living in her summer trailer at a campground in Niagara […]
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Health authorities say that new daily cases of COVID-19 in Ontario could top 1,000 in the first half of October, as the province confirmed another 625 infections of the novel coronavirus. The stark new forecasting comes in updated modelling released Wednesday by the provincial government. On hand to deliver the data were Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer […]
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The first debate of this fall’s U.S. presidential election achieved the rare feat of uniting the pundits in a notoriously divided country. They found near unity in their dismay. The point of agreement was that this was a sad spectacle for what’s sometimes described as the world’s oldest democracy. The 90-minute affair concluded with a […]
Continue ReadingPolice seized at least two dozen guns from a home in West Kelowna’s McDougall Creek Estates mobile home park. Related News:Fires raise fight over climate change before Trump’s visitPark City summer sales offer some comfort as Main Street businesses await the winterA fire in downtown Salt Lake City may be arsonOL Reign vs. Utah Royals […]
Continue ReadingCanada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Tuesday the number of daily cases is at the same as was reported during the first peak of the virus in April. Related News:About half of Ontario’s new COVID-19 infections can’t be traced. That’s a problemWorldwide grief: Death toll from coronavirus tops 1 millionUK’s ‘Moonshot’ mass […]
Continue ReadingIndigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Indigenous communities have been facing an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases during the last few weeks. Related News:Utah County is seeing the most COVID-19 cases in the state, sets one-day record of 304Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on SundayThe Latest: India reports lowest coronavirus jump […]
Continue ReadingAn Ontario company claims to have developed game-changing technology that can detect COVID-19 particles in the air. Experts aren’t so sure. Related News:Walmart testing drones for deliveries in North Carolina cityNvidia to buy UK’s Arm, sparking fears of chip dominanceFrom a stable job to a tent: A waiter’s homeless struggleRussian pleads not guilty in foiled […]
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With Armenia and Azerbaijan now pounding each other’s tanks and troops from the ground and the air, a regional conflict over an old battleground in the South Caucasus Mountains is threatening to spiral into something larger and much harder to control. Canada is warning against escalation, while one expert warns that the conflict could turn […]
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Seth MacLean’s family spent the last part of this summer pounding the pavement in downtown Toronto desperately searching for a loved one who had seemingly vanished without a trace. During those frantic weeks in August and early September, his family canvassed homeless people, reached out to jails and contacted Ontario’s Office of the Public Guardian […]
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